UET 6, 0289 (P346354)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0289 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346354 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | As for(?) the ..., the liar |
| obverse 2 | Ninabula ... her(?) head |
| obverse 3 | His good(ness) was made into(?) evil (when) with him(?) |
| obverse 4 | His face had no shame |
| obverse 5 | The (accusatory?) finger was there (pointing) behind him(?) |
| obverse 6 | Utu, the lord who loves truth |
| obverse 7 | Tore out evil from him and prolonged(!?) truth |
| obverse 8 | ... the grave sin |
| obverse 10 | ... is to cast away/fall away(?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | KA NIGIN2? du11-du11 lu2-lul-la-ra | |
| 2 | {d}nin-abul#-la sag-a-ni bi2-in-x | |
| 3 | sa6-ga-ni hul-sze3 ba-da-gal2 | |
| 4 | igi-ni tesz2 la-ba-an-tuku | |
| 5 | szu-si egir!-a-ni mu-un-da-gal2 | |
| 6 | {d}utu en nig2-gi-na ki ag2# | |
| 7 | nig2-erim2 ba-an-da-bur12 nig-gi-na gid2-da#? | |
| 8 | nam-tag dugud ib2-ta-x | |
| 9 | KA szu#? kal x | |
| 10 | im-da-szub-bu-de3#? | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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